for Thee, the Bread of Angels, the Refreshment of holy souls, our daily Bread, super-substantial, having all sweetness and good savour, and every pleasant delight; Thee, upon Whom Angels desire to look, let my heart ever hunger for and feed upon, and let the inmost parts of my soul be filled with the sweetness of the taste of Thee; Thee, the fountain of life, the fountain of wisdom and knowledge, the fountain of everlasting light, the river of plea sure, the fulness of God's house, let my soul ever thirst for; Thee let it covet, seek Thee, find Thee, reach after Thee, come unto Thee, think of Thee, speak of Thee, and do all to the praise and glory of Thy name, with humility and wisdom, with love and pleasure, with ease and delight, with perseverance even unto the end; and be Thou ever and alone my hope, all my trust, my riches, my delight, my joy, my gladness, my rest and quietness, my peace, my good savour, my fragrance, my sweetness, my food, my refreshment, my refuge, my aid, my wisdom, my portion, my possession, my treasure, whereon my mind and heart may be safely and immutably grounded for evermore. Amen.

THE PURE OFFERING.

Hoste dum victo triumphans.

HEN the Patriarch was returning,

WCrown'd with triumph from the fray,

Him the peaceful King of Salem
Came to meet upon the way,
Meekly bearing Bread and Wine,
Holy Priesthood's awful sign.
On the truth thus dimly shadowed
Later days a lustre shed;

When the Great High Priest Eternal,
Under forms of Wine and Bread,
For the world's immortal food,
Gave His Flesh and gave His Blood.

Wondrous gift!-The Word who moulded
All things by His might divine,
Bread into His Body changes,

Into His own Blood the Wine :—
What though sense no change perceives,
Faith admires, adores, believes!

He Who once to die a Victim
On the Cross did not refuse,
Day by day, upon our Altars,
That same Sacrifice renews,
Through His holy Priesthood's hands,
Faithful to His last commands !

While the people, all uniting,
In the Sacrifice sublime,
Offer Christ to His high Father,

Offer up themselves with Him;

Then together with the Priest

On the living Victim feast! Amen

Devotions for Confession.

Table of Psalms before and after Confession, p. xi. Before Examination of Conscience.

LORD GOD, Who lightenest every man that cometh into the world, lighten, I pray Thee, my heart with the bright light of Thy hea venly grace, that I may have a clear knowledge of all my failings and all my sins, and may be able

with hearty sorrow and contrition to confess them as is meet before Thee and the Priest, Thy minister, to weep for them, and receive full remission of all, through Thy most Precious Blood, to perform fully whatever penance shall be prescribed me, and to amend my life for the future, to Thy praise and glory, Who with the Father and the Holy Ghost livest and reignest, One God, world without end. Amen.

Examination of Conscience.

I. Sins against God.-Have I omitted morning or evening prayers, or .daily examination of conscience? Prayed negligently, and with wilful distractions? Spent my time, especially on Sundays and holydays, in sluggishly lying in bed, or in any sort of idle entertainment ? Neglected Divine worship or the Sacraments? Been irreverent at Divine service or in holy places? Omitted to assist at the Eucharist on Sundays and holydays? Broken my fast before Communion? Left the fasts and absti nences of the Church unobserved? Spoken irreverently and flippantly of God and holy things? Taken His name in vain, or told untruths? Omitted duty through human respect, &c. ? Neglected to give, according to my means, towards the support of religion? Been unresigned in will to God in troubles, sickness, &c.? Allowed thoughts of infidelity, distrust, presumption, impurity, &c.?

II. Sins against my Neighbour.-Have I disobeyed superiors, or spoken of them contemptuously? Been peevish or impatient when told of faults and corrected? Scorned good advice? Offended any one by injurious or threatening words or actions? Lessened their reputation by any sort

of detraction? Spread any report, true or false, that exposed my neighbour to contempt? Created discord by carrying stories backward and forward? Been froward or peevish in manner or conversation? Taken pleasure in vexing or provoking any to swear, or to offend God in any way? Mocked or reproached any for corporal or spiritual imperfections? Been excessive in correcting those under my care, or been wanting in giving them just reproof? Been impatient with their oversights and imperfections, and neglected to give them good counsels? Taken no heed of their spiritual welfare? Neglected to give alms according to my power towards the relief of the poor? Or taken no heed to promote their spiritual welfare?

III. Sins against Myself-Have I been obstinate in following my own will, or in defending my own opinion? Taken pleasure in hearing myself praised, or yielded to thonghts of vanity? Indulged in overmuch ease, or in any way yielded to sensuality or lust? Been froward, proud, troublesome, or frivolous in conversations? Spent over much time in useless employment, and thereby omitted or put off devotions to unseasonable times? Omitted to improve my mind by study and useful reading? Have I any special and unwonted sin on my conscience?

Have I performed my last penance?

After Examination.

MY Lord! I have now before my eyes a sad prospect of the fearful sins I have don against Thee. Heal my soul, for I have miserably sinned against Thee. Thy blessings I have abused, Thy judgments not feared. And yet when I know

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how miserably I have sinned against Thee, I have no sorrow as I should have. A broken and contrite heart, Thou O Lord, wilt not despise, and Thou alone canst give it me. Thou alone canst give me repentance, and accept the penitent; do both, most gracious Father, that I may be once more acquitted from the guilt of all my sins, and received into the number of Thy servants, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Before Confession.

ECEIVE, O Lord, a contrite and humble sinner. Receive a sheep which was lost and hath returned to the Shepherd. Receive an unworthy son, who hath sinned against Heaven and before Thee, and is returned to his Father.

Give me the kiss of peace; clothe me with the best robe; restore to me the joy of Thy salvation. Breathe into my nostrils the breath of life, and renew me with Thy life-giving Spirit. Heal my wounds, pouring in the oil of gladness. Raise me up, for I am cast down to the dust, that I may breathe in the light of Thy loving-kindness.

Build up Thy temple. Restore Thy house. Purify Thy sanctuary. Renew in me Thy like. ness, that the brightness of Thy Countenance may return upon it. Let Thy Holy Spirit come down upon it, and sanctify it, that going away again justified, I may be. with the living who praise Thee, O Lord my God, and may praise Thee, and make my boast of Thy mercies for ever and ever, Amen.

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The Manner of Confession.

N the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Amen.